---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: authorizing email for notice of public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district board business."
description: "Relating to: authorizing email for notice of public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district board business."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 85"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 85 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Felzkowski", "Nass", "Roys", "Testin", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-12-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c1cc57f-cd54-4f29-a7a2-6843a31cf6f4"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb85"
source_hash: "b7a042a261673efbb45785186280eff2d61f9596d0ed6467019b8cc67704a42c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
---

# Wisconsin SB 85 (2023) — Relating to: authorizing email for notice of public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district board business.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB85-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/SB85)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Roys — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Testin, Ballweg, Roys, Wanggaard, Felzkowski and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Krug, Armstrong, Dittrich, Mursau and Rettinger `introduction`
- **2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Knodl added as a cosponsor
- **2023-09-27T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-10-06T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-10-10T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-10-10T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-10-16T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-17-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-10-19T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-02T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-7-2023 by Committee on Rules
- **2023-11-03T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Krug
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in as amended `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage, receipt`
- **2023-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-14-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 concurred in
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Action ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-11-16T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)
- **2023-11-16T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-11-30T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-30-2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 12-6-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 62 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Published 12-7-2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c1cc57f-cd54-4f29-a7a2-6843a31cf6f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).